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Utah Families Foundation at a glance

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Utah Families Foundation

Assist needy families in Utah

$228k
Granted FY2017
23
Grants FY2017
1
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $197,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $228,306 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $31,306 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k21 grants · $158k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Utah Food Bank$23,500
The Road Home$16,000
Community Action Service$7,500
Bountiful Food Panty$7,500
New Horizon Crisis Center$7,500
Make-A-Wish Foundation$7,500
Canyon Creek Women Center$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
DOVE$7,500
Box Elder Community Food Pant$7,500
Childrens Center$7,500
Friends of the Coalition$7,500
Seekhaven Family Crisis$7,500
Special Olympics Utah$7,500
South Valley Services$7,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Peace House: $8k → 5%YCC Family Crisis Center: $8k → 9%New Horizon Crisis Center: $8k → 10%South Valley Services: $8k → 8%The Road Home: $16k → 8%Utah Youth Village: $8k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Utah Families Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in UT; by stated purpose, 88%.

Utah Families Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
House of Hope

Treating substance use disorders, rebuilding lives, strengthening families, and empowering women.

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2
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
3
Family Crisis Centers Inc

Walk with people facing violence, offering safety, support, and hope as they heal and rebuild. with every step forward, we build stronger, more resilient communities.

Human Services
4
Safe Nesttemporary Assistance for

Safe nest's mission is to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative services for everyone affected by domestic and sexual violence while passionatley working to end this shared epidemic.

Human Services
5
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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6
Volunteers of America Utah

To provide community-supported paths, for those who are vulnerable, to improve their lives and increase their self-reliance. we envision a community where everyone belongs, everyone has access to the services they need, and homelessness is…

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7
Safe House Inc

S.a.f.e. house is a community based non-profit organization committed to stop abuse in the family environment by providing a comprehensive approach to end domestic violence that includes crisis intervention, safe shelter, counseling,…

Human Services
8
Lake County Crisis Center

A safe place is the leading advocate for eliminating domestic violence & human trafficking in northern illinois.

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9
Salt Lake Community Action Program

The mission of salt lake community action is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and build communities through education and self-sufficiency programs.

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10
Crisis House

The mission of crisis house is to respond immediately to stop the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness and to connect families and individuals to crucial resources that empower them to renew their lives.

Human Services
11
The Christmas Box International

The christmas box international partners with local, national and international communities and groups to prevent child abuse and to improve the quality of life for children, teens and young adults who have been abused, neglected or are…

Community Improvement
12
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ycc Family Crisis Center; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Coalition Fka Food & Care Coalition of Utah Valley. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
13/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UTAH FOOD BANK: $23,500 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $7,500 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAHDOVE: $7,500 · OtherDOVEMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $7,500 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INCIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCommunity Action Service: $7,500 · OtherCommunity Action ServiceYWCA - Salt Lake: $7,500 · OtherYWCA - Salt LakeCanyon Creek Women Center: $7,500 · OtherCanyon Creek Women CenterCAPSA - Logan: $7,500 · OtherCAPSA - LoganBountiful Food Panty: $7,500 · OtherBountiful Food PantySwitchpoint Comm Resource Cen: $7,500 · OtherSwitchpoint Comm Resource CenSeekhaven Family Crisis: $7,500 · OtherSeekhaven Family CrisisBox Elder Community Food Pant: $7,500 · OtherBox Elder Community Food PantTHE ROAD HOME: $16,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOMENEW HORIZONS CRISIS CENTER: $7,500 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS CRISIS CENTERSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INCYCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $7,500 · Human ServicesYCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTERPeace House Inc: $7,500 · Human ServicesPeace House IncUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $7,500 · Human ServicesUTAH YOUTH VILLAGESPECIAL OLYMPICS UTAH INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsIRON COUNTY CARE AND SHARE: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterFRIENDS OF THE COALITION FKA FOOD & CARE COALITION OF UTAH VALLEY: $7,500 · Food & NutritionThe Center for Women and Children in Crisis: $7,500 · Health
Other$113,500Human Services$53,500Recreation & Sports$7,500Housing & Shelter$7,500Food & Nutrition$7,500Health$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $23,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER UTAH: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF UTAH INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW HORIZONS CRISIS CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTH VALLEY SANCTUARY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS UTAH INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYCC FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIRON COUNTY CARE AND SHARE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPeace House Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE COALITION FKA FOOD & CARE COALITION OF UTAH VALLEY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Center for Women and Children in Crisis: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Sorenson Legacy Found…George S and Dolores …C Scott & Dorothy E W…The Miner FoundationIhc Health Services I…Larry H Miller and Ga…Dominion Energy Chari…Utah Medical Associat…The Ray and Tye Noord…The Ashton Family Fou…Kennecott Utah Copper…Thom & Gail Williamse…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · The Miner Foundation · Ihc Health Services Inc · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Utah Medical Association Foundation · The Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Thom & Gail Williamsen Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Utah Families Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Utah Families Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Utah Families Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Utah Families Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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